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Fantasy Football OVER HYPED Stars Who MAY Be DUDS in 2025
You CANT WIN if you whiff on your top players in fantasy football, so AVOID these over hyped star players who just MAY be DUDS in 2025.
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Its OFFICIALLY football’s Christmas! As we close in on the start of the NFL season, fantasy football league drafts are well underway and managers are tinkering. Woo hoo! Whether snake or auction, guillotine or pirate, or some other such nonsense, every fantasy league manager is looking for value. Well duh, of course you are. The biggest loss of value for fantasy: taking a top guy that fails to live up to his draft slot.
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It is so hard to recover from this. A top guy doesn’t have to be elite, but he does have to be adequate. Otherwise, the rest of the roster has too much ground to make up. With that, who are the “top” guys to avoid this year in fantasy football? Star players that will be DUDS. (ADP courtesy of FantasyPros)
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Fantasy Football Stars to AVOID in 2025
WR Malik Nabers (New York Giants) – ADP 11 overall, WR5
Todd Salem: Nabers showed out in his rookie season. He proved he was a star with little quarterback help getting him the ball. Surely, now, with QB addressed by the Giants, Nabers will become one of the preeminent receivers in the game.
Not so fast! The Giants still feel like a detriment to Nabers taking that next step. The offensive line is below average at best, the quarterback room still has much uncertainty, even though veterans were brought in to change that, and it feels like the team is going to be more run-heavy this season.
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They spent a high draft pick on a rotation running back in Cam Skattebo, giving them three useful backs. They also retained blocking tight end Chris Manhertz despite having two more talented tight ends ahead of him. On top of that, the receiver room is very shallow, which would help Nabers’ target share, but only if they actually throw the ball. Nabers has also already shown a proclivity to get injured. I don’t see him playing an entire season, let alone thriving for one.
RB Kenneth Walker (Seattle Seahawks) – ADP 42, RB17
Todd Salem: Walker has been a star when he plays. He often doesn’t play due to injuries. In 2025, I think he will play even less when healthy. In full seasons in the past, he has barely reached 1000 yards rushing and doesn’t offer elite numbers in the passing game, but has been a great source of touchdowns. In other words, the only thing Walker has been elite at is the one thing that isn’t really predictable season-to-season.
With Seattle worried about his durability, now we might see a decrease in touches from even a healthy Walker, with more of the share going to Zach Charbonnet, who the team loves. That will lead to fewer counting stats, obviously. Even if Walker’s efficiency continues, a decrease in workload really limits his ceiling. And that is not even accounting for a potential injury.
RB RJ Harvey (Denver Broncos) – ADP 52, RB21
Todd Salem: Everyone loves Harvey’s potential as a rookie entering the league. There is no doubt he can possibly become a fantasy star. But success right away comes down to one thing: opportunity. Denver is an offense with a lot of pieces to work in. The Broncos already had Jaleel McLaughlin and Audric Estime as rotation backs, as well as Bo Nix, who ran a sizable amount for a quarterback. They then added JK Dobbins after drafting Harvey, and reports indicate Dobbins will be the Week 1 starter.
With Javonte Wiliams in the Dobbins spot last year, four different players garnered 75 carries or more. Having a lot of offensive pieces is good for a team, but bad for fantasy. Harvey may end up outshining all these other guys, but it could take two months to get to that point. Can you survive eight matchups of middling output from a borderline top-50 guy? It’d be a tall ask.
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QB Brock Purdy (San Francisco 49ers) – ADP 109, QB10
Dan Salem: Purdy can be an excellent quarterback for the 49ers, but I just don’t see him coming anywhere close to the top 10 of fantasy football QBs this season. His offense has been depleted and is officially aging. Last year didn’t go so well, but everyone assumes a bounce back is imminent. I can easily name several QBs with higher ceilings and upside than Purdy, all being drafted much later than he currently is.
Picking Purdy ahead of any of the seven QBs behind him is foolish. Give me CJ Stroud or Justin Herbert any day and save your higher pick for someone more valuable than Brock Purdy. Unless San Francisco completely returns to be a Super Bowl team, which seems unlikely given their roster and competition, you will be disappointed by how Purdy performs in fantasy.
WR Drake London (Atlanta Falcons) – ADP 19, WR9
Dan Salem: What exactly is there to love about the Atlanta Falcons offense right now? Michael Penix is still the starting QB as far as I can tell, and he’s an unproven redshirt rookie more or less. This does not bode well for London, but more importantly, it knocks him clear out of the top 10 receivers in fantasy football. How the heck is he being chosen 9th among receivers and in the top 20 overall?
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Wide receiver is a fickle position in fantasy right now. You are never quite sure how much you’re gonna get, with about five exceptions. London is not one of those exceptions, meaning he’s no more valuable than the next ten guys behind him. With a different QB throwing the ball in Atlanta, I’d have more confidence in London’s fantasy value. But Penix is an unknown, meaning London’s value is up in the air until proven otherwise. He’s not worth a top 20 pick overall.
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